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I. — Enrolling  officers  arwnstruoted  that  all  the  provisions  and  requirements  of  Conscription  Circu- 
lar, No.  1,  for  the  execjtion  of  General  Order,  No.  7ti,  will  bo  observed  in  executing  General  Order,  No. 
77,  A.  A  I.  G.  0.  hereto  appended.  .__s? 

II. — All  the  persons  liable  to  military  service,  under  said  Goceral  Orders,  No.  77,  will  be  delivered 
at  Camp  Lee,  Richmond,  within  ten  days  from  the  receipt  of  Conscription  Circular,  No.  1,  if  from  coun- 
ties fast  of  the  Blue  Ridge,  and  within  fifteen  days  if  from  counties  west  of  the  Blue  Ridge. 

III. —  All  furloughs  and  tempoiary  exemptions  of  whatever  kind,  heretofore*  granted  by  the  Bureau 
.   Conscription,  or  by  any  other  authority,  to  persons  between  the  ages  of>.  18  and  45  years,  are  under  the 
orders  of  the  War  Department,  revoked. 

IV. — Paragraph  4  of  Conscription  Circular,  No.  1,  is  amended  so  a*  to  read  a*  foUowe  : 

Enrolling  officers  are  instructed  that  the  annexed  orde^^o.  77,  revok&g  all  detail?  heretofore 
granted,  either  by  the  War  Department,  or  the  Bureau  of  Conscription— or  the  officers  acting  under  it,  to 
men  between  the  ages  of  18  and  45  years,  whether  on  the  g'ound  of  pnlilic  or  private  necessity;  that  is 
to  say,  details  granted  to  farmers,  overseers,  millers,  blacksmiths,  wagon-makert»,  millwrights,  shoema- 
kers, tanners,  and  all  ether  mechanics,  and  all  other  persons  whomsoever,  excepting  only  that  those  indi- 
viduals who  are  "detailed  and  ait  unity  employed  as  artisans,  mechanics  and  persons  of  scientific  skill 
(and  those  detailed  and  now  engaged  in  the  manufacture,  collection  and  forwarding  of  indispensublo  sup- 
plies for  the  army  and  navy)  will  be  continued  in  their  present  employments  until  their  respective  details 
are  revised."  All  men  between  'he  a^es  of  18  and  45  years,  now  applying  for  details,  are  also  required 
to  be  immediately  forwarded  to  the  Camp  of  Instruction  at  Richmond. 

V. — Enrolling  officers  will  record  and  report  to  the.  commandarft  of  etmseripts,  the  day,  and  the  hour 
of  the  day  at  which  all  circulars  and  orders  issued  to  them  from  these  headquarters  arc  roceived. 
By  order  of  Major  General  Kkmpbk. 

M         II.  H.  CATLETT,  A.  A.  G. 


ADJUTANT  AND  INSPECTOR  GENERA  I/S  OFFICE,!. 
Richmond,  Va.,  O  tobcr  8th,  lbG4.    *      j 

G»      CKAL  OrOKRB,  ) 

No.  77.  )  v        „ 

The  following  will  supercede  General  Orders  No.  76,  present  series,  which  are  hereby  revoked. 

I.  All  details,  heretofore  granted,  under  authority  of  the  War  Department,  to  p<  r^ojis  between  the  ages  of  18 
and  45  years,  are  hereby  revoked  ;  and  all  such  derailed  men,  togethef  with  those  within  the  s;iid  apes,  who  hold  fur- 
loughs or  temporary  exemptions  by  reason  of  pending  applications  fo[  detail,  will  be  promptly  ^ymbled  at  the  Camps 
of  Instruction  and  appropriately  aliened  among  the  armies  for  lervice ;  except  that  men  defied  and  now  actually 
employed  as  artiians,  mechanics,  or  persons  of  scientific  skill  (aid  those  detailed  and  now  engaged  in  the  manufacture, 
collection  and  forwarding  of  indispensable  supplies  for  the  armyfand  navy),  will  be  continued  in  their  present  employ- 
ments until  their  respective  details  be  revised. 

II.  The  Heads  of  Departments  and  Chiefs  of  Bureaux  wiH  immediately  forward  to  the  Generals  of  Reserves  in 
the  several  States  lists  of  all  detailed  men  in  their  employment  in  the  said  States,  certifying  in  each  case  of  a  person 
between  18  and  45  years,  those  who  are  experts  and  absolutely  indispensable  for  the  public  service,  specifying  the  em- 
ployment of  each  individual  ;  and  all  detailed  employees,  who  are<bctween  the  ages  of  18  and  45  years,  not  so  certified 
within  the  prescribed  period,  will  be  forthwith  assigned  to  the  arnjy.„  A  duplicate  of  tho  above  lists  will,  at  the  same 
time  be  furnished  to  tho  Adjutant  and  Inspector  General  for  the  aWon  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

III.  All  persons  called  out  by  these  orders,  who  claim  exemption  on  account  of  physical  disability,  will  be  ex- 
amined by  Belcct  Medical  Hoards  at  the  Camps  of  Instruction. 

IV.  All  men  found  fit  for  light  duty,  and  who  are  unassigned,  will  at  once  report  to  the  camps  of  instruction, 
under  the  penalty  of  being  forthwith  assigned  to  the'actipe  farces. 

By  order, 

•  .  *  S.  COOPER,  A.  and  I.  General. 


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